Cross references

1 Samuel 27:8

Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

1 Samuel 27:8 BSB

1 Samuel 27:8 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Joshua 13:2 (5 votes) and 1 Samuel 15:7–8 (5 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 14 to Proverbs 27.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 27:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,

  2. Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt. He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

  3. but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.

  4. But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

  5. Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.

  6. Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.

  7. After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

  8. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner. …

  9. On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

  10. Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day. After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 27:8?

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